Coin box-billfold



April 23, 1957 R. L. RISING COIN BOX-BILLF'OLD Filed Deb. 2a, 1953nvwzzvrozm RACHEL L. RISING BY 121w.

2,789,612 COIN BOX-BILLFOLD Rachel L. Rising, Los Angeles, Calif.Application December 28, 1953, Serial No. 400,692 3 Claims. (Cl. 150-35)Generally speaking, the present invention relates to a combined billfoldand purse and more particularly, to a combined foldable wallet and coinbox-purse having, in addition to a foldable wallet, a box or containersliding in and out of a U frame so as to provide easy access thereintowithout the necessity of opening the wallet into its fully elongatedposition in order to secure coins, pills, or the like, and withouthaving to dig down deep int-o a purse, or the like in the. customaryprior art manner.

I am aware of the fact that a number of prior art combined purses andbillfolds have been invented and developed heretofore. However, none ofthese prior art arrangements operate to produce the highly desirableresults of the present invention, and they all have disadvantages of onetype or another.

For example, all of such prior art combined billfolds and purses knownto me expand unevenly resulting in an irregular, unsymmetrical pile whencoins, pills, or the like, combined billfold and purse difficult tofasten when folded about a central transverse fold line. Therefore, theyare not frequently used under the circumstances set forth hereinabovebecause of their unsuitability for such use.

All of the prior art combined billfold-purses, which are known to me,are of a type wherein a person cannot easily see the various coins,pills or the like, carried therein, and they cannot easily be movedaround in a tightly closed confined region such as is usually found inthe purse portion of such a prior art combined billfold-purse. Thisarrangement is unsatisfactory and undesirable because it does not allowthe easy locating of the aforesaid items. It will usually be necessaryfor the person to first manually unfasten the billfold-purse, then tounfold the billfold-purse into its completely elongated position, thento open the purse portion thereof, then to spread it open as far as itsphysical limits permit, then to search and extract the item desired,then close the purse portion, then refold the billfold-purse about itscentral transverse fold line, and finally to refasten the snap or othermeans, frequently provided to keep the billfold-purse from reopening.This series of operations, which occurs many times during the day, isundesirable, annoying and frustrating. Another major disadvantage ofthis arrangement is that the unevenly distributed coins, pills and thelike, in the purse portion cause a loss of usable space by reason ofbeing bulky and clumsy when carried in a handbag or a pocket.

Generally speaking, the improved billfold-purse of the present inventionincludes a drawer, box or container slidably mounted in a pocket at theopen (non-folded) end of the billfold-purse and capable of beingslidably opened without having to unfold the closed billfold-purse intoits fully elongated position. Said drawer, container or box holds coins,pills, or the like, in a relatively symmetrically distributed manner andprevents the aforesaid items from piling upon one edge of the purseportion of the billfold-purse and thus creating a bulky region. Also,coin ingress means into said box or container may be provided; said coiningress means being accessible from the exterior of said pocket forpushing in loose coins received as change.

The present invention may also include travel-limiting means effectivelycooperable with respect to said drawer are placed in them, creating abulky and clumsy "ice and with respect to said billfold-purse toeffectively act as a stop to prevent said drawer, container or box frombeing pulled out completely from said pocket whereby to prevent thedrawer, container or box from falling and spilling its contents onto thefloor, or other underlying surface.

The present invention may, also, be supplied with manually operablefastening means effectively cooperable with respect to the drawer,container or box for 'selectively, effectively, locking and unlockingsaid drawer, container or box with respect to said pocket.

From the above description of a basic and several preferred genericforms of the present invention, it will be apparent to those skilled inthe art that virtually all of the hereinabove-mentioned disadvantages ofprior billfold-purses are virtually entirely eliminated and/ or overcomein and through the use of the present invention.

For example, the billfold-purse of the present invention is small,light, and cheap and portable and portions of the pocket containing thedrawer, container or box may, if desired, be made of plastic material,or the like, that is translucent, semi-transparent or opaque, so that ifpreferred, the contents may be visually inspected from the exteriorthereof with a minimum of difficulty because the contents are relativelydistributed (or distributable) withit in said drawer.

Furthermore, it is not necessary to go through the hereinbefore-mentioned sequence of operations of opening the billfold-purseto remove the contents of the purse portion thereof, and then goingthrough further manual operations of closing said purse portion, foldingthe billfold-purse, and then snapping it closed with a fastener,

or the like. It is only necessary to open the fastening means and lookfor the desired item; if it is not there, you simply refasten thefastening means; if the item desired is there, you simply slide out thedrawer, container or box and immediately place your'fingers on thedesired item. Thus, the device of the present invention provides forimmediate positive identification and location of thedesired itemcontained within the container or box and makes it simple and convenientfor all persons utilizing this device.

With the above points in mind, it is an object of the present inventionto provide a portable billfold-purse capable of rapid, easy and simpleoperation, and including a novel drawer adapted for use as a purse withgreat benefit in time-saving in re the securing of a coin, pill, or thelike, from within said purse.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a simple,cheap, small, light, portable, safe, convenient billfold-purse arrangedto carry coins, pills, and the like, without creating a bulky or clumsyregion within the aforesaid billfold-purse caused by an aggregation ofsaid coins.

Other and allied objects will be apparent to those skilled in the artafter a careful perusal, examination and study of the accompanyingillustrations, the present specification, and the appended claims.

To facilitate understanding, reference will be made to thehereinbelow-described drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one form of combined billfold-pursein an unfolded position.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view similar in aspect Fig. 5 is afragmentary, partial vertical section taken in the direction of thearrows V-V in Fig. 4.

Generally speaking, the foldable wallet and coin box:

aweogeta purse'of' the present invention comprises at least threeflexible wall members secured together to form an elongated: pocket anda closely adjacent superimposed short pocket; with said I elongatedpocket being provided with longitudinalopening meansadjacentfone'of itslong sidev edges to provide. side access thereinto, and-with-said-shortpocketbeing'provided with .port means adjacent one-of the and along twoend edges '4 and todefine an elongated pocketbetween' thewallmembers 1and Zhaving alongitndinal'openingmeans comprising the'zipper 6 adjacentthe other'longzsideedge 7: to provide side access into saidelongated-pocket;

inz aamanner, similar. to the edge-fastening of the'wall membersvland 2,but not fastened at an edge 9 closely adjacentto and virtually parallelwithrespect to the zipper:6,.thus providing a secondauxiliary elongatedpocket provided withlongitudinalaccessmeans thereinto defined by,theopeninglbetween the edge 9 of the wall member 8 and the surface ofthe adjacent wall member 2. Both thisa elongated pocket-and the firstabove-mentioned elongated pocket are adapted to receive flat foldableobjects (such as paper money, or-the like) therein for storage purposes.

The abovergenerally referred to flexible wall members alsoaincludegtinthe specific example illustrated-,an addi-- tional,; virtuallyrectangular, flexible wall member 10' suitably'connected; asby sewingorthe like, to a portion of thew longesideedge Brand to a similarportionof the flexiblewall, 8 along'a line 11 so positioned as to allowaccess to, the: zipper 6,,and' also connected such as by betweenisaidtwoside' members, and said frame-being mounted within. said short pocketwithv said drawer receiving opening aligned with said port means.

In';the specific;exampleillustrated, the drawer-receiving frameisindicated generally at.15- (as best seen in Fig. 2) 1 andfiincludesptwo,sideframe members 16connected at their;rear:-ends by a 'laterallydirected rear frame member 17;.- Thelarrangement issuch that the frontends'of the sideframesmembers 16- effectively define adrawer-receivingeopening, indicated generally. at 18, therebetween (asbest seeninz Fig. 2.). The frame is adaptedto be moved from the positionshown in Fig. 2 into the position shownirrFig. 1 by insertingsaid frame15 through the port 14 into the short pocket 13. and suitablymounting ittherein (such as by mechanical fastening means, or the like). I

The present invention also includes a drawer-defining a storage regiontherein, said drawer being slidably cooperable-within'theframe'andwithin the short pocket for manual'inse rtion thereinto and for manualextension outwardly therefrom.

In thesspecifici example-illustrated,- one, such drawer is indicatedgenerallyat- 19 and includes the customary four edgg-gwallssm;inupstandiug relationship with respect to In the'specific exampleillustrated, saidfiexi'bleiawallamembers also include-anauxiliary-rectangular wallgmember S'aIsofastened at-the edges 3, 4 and5- adapted to be moved from the position shown in Fig. 2 into theposition shown in Fig. 1 by inserting the rear end of the drawer 19through the port 14 into the short pocket 13 and the drawe'r receiviiigopening 18 between the frame members.'16 forislidable cooperationtherewith. In this connection, itshouldbe noted that the drawer 19 isshown inuf ully'insertedrelation in Fig. 1 and is shown the customaryflat bottom'wall 21, thus defining-a storage region 22.. Inthe.,exampleillustrated,,a finger'tab 23, ,to facilitate extension ofthe drawer 19 with respect to the short. pocket 13, is also included.The drawer 19 is in partially extendedlrelation in Fig. .3.

Also, generally speaking, the device of the present invention mayinclude travel-limiting means effectively cooperable with respect' tothe-slidablymovable drawer and eif'ectively cooperable-with-theremainder of the wallet to limitthe withdrawal of the-drawer from theshort pocketto an extent so as to preventcomplete disengagement thereof.

In the specific.example-illustrated, (as best shown in Fig. 2)thetravel-limitingmeansis indicated generally at 24 and takes theformofthe flexible link 25 fastened at one end to' the drawer 19, andadapted'tobe fastened at its other end with: respect to'therear'portions ofthe interior of the short pocket-13 (or to otherportions of the wallet) thus-comprising-means adapted to limit thetravel. of the drawer 19' during extension thereof in a manner suchas-is indicated'in-Fig. 3 whereby the drawer 19 will not becomecompletely disengaged from the frame 15 and will, therefore; not spillthe contents of said drawer onto: an underlying floor or'the like.

The .presentinvention may-also be provided with manuallyoperable"-fasteningfmeans effectively cooperable with respect to thedrawer for selectively locking said drawer in fullyinserted relationshipwithin the short pocket and forselectively unlockingsaid drawer forextension thereof with: respect to said "short pocket.

In the specific example illustrated, the fastening means takes theformof'a'fiexible tab- 26 carried by the end edge 5 and'provided with a snapfastener element 27 adapted to cooperate with a similar snap fastenerelement 27' carriedby the-flexible wall member 1 closely adjacent to'theopposite end edge 4. In other words, the tab 26 is adapted to fold overand around said opposite end edge 4 to cooperate with said secondmentioned snap fastener element 27 positioned on the back side of thewall member 1 just behind the end edge 4, and best seen in broken linesin Fig.2.

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate a slightly modified form of the presentinvention wherein the drawer 19' is provided with coin ingress-means,indicated generally at 28, and includmg a'slot 29 in the'frontedge wall20 of the drawer 19' andspring means 30 positioned inside the drawer incooperativerelationship with respect to theslot 29 whereby to allowingress of coins but to prevent egress of coins with respect-to the slot29.- Itwill be understood that, in this forrnof'the invention, theslot29 will be accessible from the end 4-of the wallet when it is in foldedposition adjacent the other end'S, by-merely unfastening the tab 26(shown in 'Figs; 1, 2 and 3) so as to effectively uncover the slot 29 Incertain forms of the present invention, at least certain portions of theshort pocket 13 (usually, portions of the wall member 10) may besemi-transparent or transparent so as to make visual inspection ofthe'contents'of the drawer 19 possible from the exterior of the pocket13 priorto extension of the drawer 19 therefrom. This is indicatedin Figl by the reference numeral 31 which lies in the area directly over thestorage region in the drawer 19.

Numerous modifications and variations of the present invention willoccur to those skilled in the art after a careful study hereof. All'suchproperly within the basic spirit, scope a'nd teachings of thepresent invention are intended to be included and comprehendedhereinasfully as ifspecifically described, illustrated and claimed-herein.

For example, it,.should .be noted that the wallrmeme wall member can beafiixed directly to the wall member 2. It should also be noted that thezipper closure means can be eliminated, if desired. Additional pockets,either long or short, may be incorporated, if desired. Thetravel-limiting means can be modified substantially or, in certaincases, eliminated entirelythis is also true of the fastening means.

The drawer-receiving frame can also be modified substantially within thespirit of the present invention. The coin ingress means can be modifiedsubstantially or differently located with respect to the drawer. Itshould also be noted that the position of the drawer may be inverted, ifdesired, so that the adjacent wall forming part of the elongated pocketwill actually act as a cover for the storage region within the drawer,thereby making it possible to eliminate the wall 10 and merely retainthe drawer by means of the frame.

The exact compositions, configurations, constructions, relativepositionings, and cooperative relationships of the various componentparts of the present invention are not critical, and can be modifiedsubstantially within the spirit of the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention specifically described andillustrated herein are exemplary only, and are not intended to limit thescope of the present invention, which is to be interpreted in the lightof the prior art and the appended claims only, with due considerationfor the doctrine of equivalents.

I claim:

1. A combined foldable wallet and coin box-purse having two short endedges and two long side edges, each of said side edges being adapted tobe folded upon itself for effective closure of the wallet, comprising:at least three flexible wall members secured together to form anelongated pocket and a closely adjacent superimposed short pocket; saidelongated pocket being provided with longitudinal opening means adjacentone of the long side edges to provide side access thereinto; said shortpocket being provided with port means adjacent one of said short endedges to provide end access thereinto; a drawer-receiving frameincluding two parallel, laterally spaced side frame members connected attheir rear ends by a laterally directed rear frame member, the spaceWithin said frame members defining a drawerreceiving opening at thefront end of said frame; said frame being mounted within said shortpocket with said drawer-receiving opening aligned with said port means;a drawer defining a storage region therein, said drawer being closelyslidably cooperable within the frame and within the short pocket formanual insertion thereinto and for manual extension thereof outwardlyfrom said short pocket whereby to provide selective access into saidstorage region within said drawer.

2. A rectangular, combined foldable wallet and coin box-purse having twoshort end edges and two long side edges, each of said side edges beingadapted to be folded upon itself for effective closure of the wallet,comprising: at least three flexible rectangular wall members securedtogether to form an elongated rectangular pocket and a closely adjacentsuperimposed short rectangular pocket; said elongated pocket beingprovided with longitudinal opening means adjacent one of the long sideedges to provide side access thereinto; said short pocket being providedwith port means adjacent one of said short end edges to provide endaccess thereinto; a rectangular drawer-receiving frame including twoparallel, laterally spaced side frame members connected at their rearends by a laterally directed rear frame member, the space within saidframe members defining a drawer-receiving opening at the front end ofsaid frame; said frame being mounted within said short pocket with saiddrawer-receiving opening aligned with said .port means; a drawerdefining a storage region therein, said drawer being closely slidablycooperable within the frame and within the short pocket for manualinsertion thereinto and for manual extension thereof outwardly from saidshort pocket whereby to provide selective access into said storageregion within said drawer; manually operable fastening meansrespectively secured to and carried by said wall members adjacent saidshort end edges and selectively fastenable together to fasten said shortend edges in closely adjacent relation thereby locking said drawer infully inserted relationship within said short pocket and selectivelyunfastenable thereby unlocking said drawer for extension thereof intonon-fully inserted relationship to said short pocket; andtravel-limiting means including a flexible link connected at one end tosaid drawer and connected at the other end in effectively fixedrelationship to the short pocket to limit the possible withdrawal of thedrawer from said short pocket to an extent such as to prevent completedisengagement thereof, said drawer being provided with a portiondefining a coin ingress opening in effective communication with thestorage region within the drawer, said coin ingress opening beingaccessible from the exterior of the short pocket.

3. A rectangular, combined foldable wallet and coin box-purse having twoshort end edges and two long side edges, each of said side edges beingadapted to be folded upon itself for effective closure of the wallet,comprising: at least three flexible rectangular wall members securedtogether to form an elongated rectangular pocket and a closely adjacentsuperimposed short rectangular pocket; said elongated pocket beingprovided with longitudinal opening means adjacent one of the long sideedges to provide side access thereinto; said short pocket being providedwith port means adjacent one of said short end edges to provide endaccess thereinto; a rectangular drawer-receiving frame including twoparallel, laterally spaced side frame members connected at their rearends by a laterally directed rear frame member, the space within saidframe members defining a drawer-receiving opening at the front end ofsaid frame; said frame being mounted within said short pocket with saiddrawerreceiving opening aligned with said port means; a drawer defininga storage region therein, said drawer being closely slidably cooperablewithin the frame and within the short pocket for manual insertionthereinto and for manual extension thereof outwardly from said shortpocket whereby to provide selective access into said storage regionwithin said drawer; manually operable fastening means respectivelysecured to and carried by said wall members adjacent said short endedges and selectively fastenable together to fasten said short end edgesin closely adjacent relation thereby locking said drawer in fullyinserted relationship within said short pocket and selectivelyunfastenable thereby unlocking said draw er for extension thereof intonon-fully inserted relationship to said short pocket; andtravel-limiting means including a flexible link connected at one end tosaid drawer and connected at the other end in effectively fixedrelationship to the short pocket to limit the possible withdrawal of thedrawer from said short pocket to an extent such as to prevent completedisengagement thereof; at least a portion of the wall members definingsaid short pocket being light-transmissive to render the storage regionwithin the drawer in said short pocket visible from the exteriorthereof, said drawer being provided at its outer end with a portiondefining a coin ingress slot in effective communication with the storageregion within the drawer, said coin ingress slot being accessible fromthe exterior of the short pocket.

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